Wood River is a waterway in
Alaska
Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U.S., ...
as well as a location outside
Dillingham, Alaska
Dillingham ( esu, Curyung; russian: Диллингхем ), also known as Curyung, is a city in Dillingham Census Area, Alaska, United States. Incorporated in 1963, it is an important commercial fishing port on Nushagak Bay. As of the 2020 ce ...
by Wood River Road and the Wood River. The Wood River Lakes Trail is used for backcountry float trips. The Wood River Mountains are nearby. Wood River Road is one of the areas transportation routes. The rivers source is the
Aleknagik Lake
Aleknagik Lake is a lake in the U.S. state of Alaska. It is long by wide. The village of Aleknagik is on its southeast shore.
''Aleknagik'' is a Yupik word meaning "wrong way home". Yupiks returning to their homes along the Nushagak River wou ...
. The river runs past
Dillingham where it meets the
Nushagak River
The Nushagak River ( esu, Iilgayaq) is a river in southwest Alaska, United States. It begins in the Alaska Range and flows southwest to Nushagak Bay, an inlet of Bristol Bay, east of Dillingham, Alaska.
The Mulchatna River is a major tributar ...
and enters
Nushagak Bay
Nushagak Bay is a large estuary covering over 100 km2 in southwest part of the U.S. state of Alaska. It opens to Bristol Bay, a large body of water in the eastern Bering Sea north of the Alaska Peninsula.
It is home to the area's largest ci ...
.
Nushagak was a former trading post by the area where the rivers met.
Towers used for counting salmon are located in Wood River. Icicle Seafoods is headquartered there and has a salmon processing plant is located along the river in Dilingham.
Gallery
File:Alaska Packers Association fish traps on Wood River, Bristol Bay, Alaska, 1900 (COBB 240).jpeg, Fish trap
A fish trap is a trap used for fishing. Fish traps include fishing weirs, lobster traps, and some fishing nets such as fyke nets.
Traps are culturally almost universal and seem to have been independently invented many times. There are two main ...
s belonging to the Alaska Packers Association on Wood River, Bristol Bay
Bristol Bay ( esu, Iilgayaq, russian: Залив Бристольский) is the easternmost arm of the Bering Sea, at 57° to 59° North 157° to 162° West in Southwest Alaska. Bristol Bay is 400 km (250 mi) long and 290 km, ( ...
File:FMIB 34523 Salmon Rack Across Wood River, Alaska.jpeg, Salmon Rack Across Wood River, Alaska 1917
See also
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List of rivers of Alaska
This is a List of rivers in Alaska, which are at least fifth-order according to the Strahler method of stream classification, and an incomplete list of otherwise-notable rivers and streams. Alaska has more than 12,000 rivers, and thousands more st ...
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Nushagak River
The Nushagak River ( esu, Iilgayaq) is a river in southwest Alaska, United States. It begins in the Alaska Range and flows southwest to Nushagak Bay, an inlet of Bristol Bay, east of Dillingham, Alaska.
The Mulchatna River is a major tributar ...
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Wood-Tikchik State Park
Wood-Tikchik State Park is a state park in the U.S. state of Alaska north of Dillingham. Over (6,500 km2) in area—about the size of the state of Delaware—, comprising more than half of all state park land in Alaska and 15% of the total ...
References
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Rivers of Alaska
Rivers of Dillingham Census Area, Alaska